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While propane-fueled refrigerators are probably not an option for apartment dwellers, they are worth looking into for someone with a stand-alone house and/or BOL. For instance, this 8-cubic-feet refrigerator can run on either 110-volt AC electricity or propane. When using propane, it burns .275 gallons per 24 hours, so one 20-pound propane tank will fuel it for about 17 days. Since the linked refrigerator is built by Dometic, I suspect that Dometic's smaller refrigerators might use even less propane.

Meanwhile, I found this Web page that features full-sized, propane-fueled refrigerators that can be converted to use natural gas in place of propane. Even the largest CrystalCold refrigerator from this site is rated to run for 13+ days on 20 pounds of propane.... Unfortunately, I saw no indicator on the linked site that CrystalCold refrigerators were fitted for 2-way (propane and electric) operation.

American parachutists...devils in baggy pants...are less than 100 meters from my outpost line. I can't sleep at night; they pop up from nowhere and we never know when or how they will strike next. Seems like the black-hearted devils are everywhere....

CrystalCold products are built by Amish in Illinois. Their site gives specs, but no prices.

Thinking beyond 'temporary' grid-down scenarios, do refrigerators make sense? Freezers, yes...but you can make ice to use for refrigeration without power consumption.

I'm exploring the notion of cooking wood. ;-)) Seriously, by heating wood and/or other biomass in a closed 'reactor' you can generate both biogas for appliances and biochar for soil amendment in the garden. Lots of info available.